Website Development on the WordPress Platform
Websites can be built on various platforms. One of the most popular environments both in Estonia and globally is WordPress, known for its user-friendliness, simplicity, flexibility, and a wide range of features. WordPress website development is often one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways to launch a site—especially compared to custom-coded solutions.
Why Choose WordPress?
Creating a website on the WordPress platform allows for visually striking and fully customized sites that stand out locally and internationally. The platform offers thousands of plugins that simplify content management, site analytics, and user experience. Many of these plugins are free and require no additional licensing fees. With free plugins, you can build a website with, for example, a service booking system, various calculators, or online login environments. There are many different options for building a website, and WordPress is constantly developing and adding more.
Fast website in WordPress environment
When creating a WordPress website, one of the important factors is the page loading speed. Google’s official position is that the website loading speed should be less than two seconds, then everything is fine. If the website is slower, then it is worth reviewing the image files and videos. The loading speed of a website built on the WordPress management system is usually average. We recommend that you always test and check the loading speed when creating a website to avoid later problems.
When using the WordPress platform, it is important that the page loading is properly optimized, which means that images must be in the correct format and size, and the different elements of the page must load in the correct order. If top-notch loading speed is important, it is better to build the page with a static page generator. This means that the page is generated from HTML code, not through database queries. Our experienced WordPress website developers can help, ask for a personalized website creation quote.
WordPress website – template vs custom design
When creating a WordPress website, you can use a pre-defined template or create a completely personalized website with a custom design. The first option is faster, cheaper and easier, but custom design also gives you endless possibilities to create a website that suits your needs.
WordPress templates or design bases
The template solution has several advantages that make creating a website easy and convenient. The main advantage is that the client can see different design options and directions before starting work. This helps to better imagine what the website could be like. The second big advantage of the template solution is cost-effectiveness, which means that it is the most affordable way to create a website on WordPress. You can use ready-made design elements that have already been made interactive. The page layout is also ready, and the fonts and colors have been selected. However, if you wish, everything can be changed and we generally make a completely custom website from the template, meaning no two websites are the same. Generally, after making changes, it is not clear that you are using a ready-made template, we make each website personal and individual. We always use licensed WordPress templates, because pirated versions do not have after-sales service and are not updated. There is also a risk that they may also have malware installed. In addition, we also have access to various plugin banks, from which we can obtain paid plugins for the client to create additional functionalities.
Custom WordPress Website Design
For a custom website design project, we do more market research on what our competitors are doing and think deeply about the user experience. The goal is to design and develop the most efficient user journey possible. In addition, the visual design (UI) of the website looks very attractive, expensive and eye-catching to the user.
Regardless of whether it is a custom or template solution, we always take the company’s visual identity and colors into account when designing the website and use them accordingly in the website elements and pages.
Example of a custom designed website: mistra.ee
Creating a website in the WordPress environment – website price
Generally, website prices start at around 1,000 euros, but websites with complex functionalities and additional options can reach 20,000 euros. The price depends primarily on the functionality that the website must have – a booking system – teadusstuudiod.ee, an events calendar, an interactive map on real estate pages – veskithehnopark.ee, a news module, a login environment, a database and much more.
Design is also a major price factor, i.e. how much emphasis needs to be placed on design. How important is user experience (UX), i.e. a well-thought-out user journey, and how important is it to create a visual that surpasses competitors. In some areas, design is the determining factor, and in cooperation with designers, it is necessary to create a completely unique solution. The last price factor is the volume of website content – how many different content pages and texts there are. Creating each text and designing and configuring content pages takes time, and the price of creating a website also changes accordingly.
Ask for a personal quote for creating a website.
